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President Johnson was well over an hour late for his first appearance, at the 200th anniversary convocation at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. As soon as he arrived at the airport and began a motorcade through the city, he was mobbed by enthusiastic supporters, who persuaded him to stop and speak at approximately 15 street coruers...
...will begin the day with an address at the 200th anniversary convocation of Brown University in Providence, R.I., and then proceed to Hartford, Conn., where he will speak from the steps of the Hartford Times...
...Fourth of July, nearly half a million people flocked to the St. Louis riverfront and, amid bursts of fireworks and patriotic oratory, celebrated the 200th anniversary of the year a group of French fur traders came ashore to found the city. But as much as anything, it really was a celebration of a "notable civic renaissance," as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has called...
...newspapers are prone to boast, when they can, about their great antiquity. Last month, in a story noting the 200th anniversary of the Hartford, Conn., Courant (pronounced current), TIME accepted the Courant's claim to being the oldest U.S. newspaper. This endorsement evoked spirited objections from a host of pretenders to the same or a kindred crown. Among the claimants...
...historical incident from America's past appeared in the Courant in the issue of Dec. 21, 1773, the paper was already a veteran of nine years. It had staked a proud and exclusive claim to a title that it still holds. This year the Hartford Courant observes its 200th anniversary, a chronological fact that makes it the oldest newspaper in the U.S.* - an institution some twelve years senior to the nation itself...